Compliance
Compliance
Important Notes
V o l u m e
Recruiting Logs are all 5th of the
Official Visit Approval forms are due at least a week before the visit.
Practice Logs are due every Tuesday.
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NCAA faces lawsuit from high school sports promoter The NCAA was hit with another lawsuit, this one from a high school sports promoter USAToday.com
A Lexington, Ky.-based high school sports promoter has sued the NCAA
The promter contends it was prevented at 11th hour from staging an event at Kentucky's Rupp Arena
The promoter since has gone out of business; others, including parents, lost money on this action An organizer for national high school basketball tournaments is suing the NCAA in federal court, accusing the governing body of committing fraud and antitrust violations in yet another legal challenge to its power in college athletics.
Inside this issue: Continued Current
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You Act Recruiting Calendar
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Bleid Sports, which had organized and promoted the tournaments, said the NCAA pulled the rug out from under them at the 11th hour by determining they violated an NCAA rule designed to prevent universities from gaining unfair recruiting advantages by hosting practices or tournaments where prospective recruits compete. Bleid Sports, based out of Lexington, Ky., had set up tournaments at several college venues across the nation, including Kentucky, Louisville, Duke and UNLV. They featured teams with top recruits, and had attracted thousands of dollars in registration fees, sponsorship fees and ticket sales, according to the suit. But less than 48 hours before a scheduled tournament at Kentucky's Rupp Arena in November 2011, the NCAA ruled the tournaments violated bylaw 13.11.1.8, which went into effect in April 2011. It states that a school "shall not host, sponsor or conduct a nonscholastic basketball practice or competition in which men's basketball prospective student-athletes ... participate on its campus or at an off-campus facility regularly used by the institution for practice and/or competition by any of the institution's sport programs." Kentucky sought a waiver but was denied. The ruling forced that tournament to be moved to a high school venue and led to the cancellations of other tournaments even though Bleid said the NCAA previously indicated they were compliant with NCAA rules.
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"The NCAA had previously approved similar events held by Rob Blair, the CEO of Bleid Sports, in 2009 and 2010 at Rupp Arena, and has continued to allow a similar event in Michigan to occur," states the suit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Lexington Division. "The NCAA's arbitrary and inexplicable decision, which resulted in Bleid's events being barred from college arenas, has caused significant harm to Bleid, and Bleid is entitled to compensation for the damages it has suffered." Bleid went out of business, and others associated with the events also have claimed to have lost money because of the cancellations, including parents and schools who had paid entry fees and made travel plans. "NCAA members specifically adopted this rule because they felt nonscholastic events on campus -- or at an off-campus facility regularly used by the institutions' sports programs -- may provide a recruiting advantage," said Stacey Osburn, the NCAA's director of public and media relations. "The NCAA applies and interprets Association rules consistent with their intent. This rule is no different." The NCAA previously sent an advisory to several schools saying the tournaments weren't permissible because they weren't "scholastic" – a term the NCAA defined based on who was operating the event. According to the suit, Bleid Sports said that the NCAA previously said the event was "scholastic" and therefore permissible because it was approved by local and national high school associations.
Compliance Tip #1 Wheel Route is a senior in high school and will be signing a National Letter of Intent next month with Ocean State University (OSU) to play football. Wheel attends a private high school with a tuition cost of $12,000 a year. Wheel’s parents both work but have struggled to pay for his high school educational expenses. The coaches at OSU have offered to help Wheel get a loan to pay off the tuition bill. Is this permissible? No. NCAA Staff Interpretation- 10/22/97- Educational Loans to Prospects- states that the provisions of NCAA Bylaw 13.2.5 do not permit an institution to arrange a loan for a prospect for the purpose of paying off an educational debt (e.g., high-school tuition) incurred prior to initial, full-time collegiate enrollment. [Reference: 13.2.5 (loans to prospects)]
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Compliance Tip #2 Bank Shot is a prospective student-athlete that signed a National Letter of Intent (NLI) in November to play basketball at Ocean State University (OSU). Bank would like to make an unofficial visit to OSU's campus this weekend and go to a home men's basketball game. For purposes of this scenario- it is a dead period this weekend for the sport of basketball. The secret word is: Transcripts. Can Bank make an unofficial visit to campus and receive a complimentary admission to attend the basketball game? Yes. NCAA Bylaw 13.02.5.5.2 states that a prospective student-athlete is permitted to make an unofficial visit during a dead period beginning the calendar day after one of the following events occurs: (a) The prospective student-athlete signs a National Letter of Intent (NLI) or the institution's written offer of admission and/or financial aid; or (b) The institution receives a financial deposit in response to the institution's offer of admission.
Miscellaneous Notes
Please remember during JanTerm that if you are not in season you cannot have mandatory practice or workouts. If you are starting your season during JanTerm you need to wait until your start date to have practices and workouts.
If you have Midyear kids they need to complete all of their Compliance paperwork before practicing or competing.
If you would like for Fall PSAs to be reevaluated with their Fall 2012 grades added to the transcript evaluation, have an updated transcript sent to Compliance.
If you have PSA signing during this NLI period make sure you get their Eligibility Center number, transcripts, email, and fill out the proper forms to Compliance.
Ask Before You Act Remember if you have any Compliance Questions ASK BEFORE YOU ACT!
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Important Notes
V o l u m e
Recruiting Logs are all 5th of the
Official Visit Approval forms are due at least a week before the visit.
Practice Logs are due every Tuesday.
I s s u e
4
D e c e m b e r
2 0 1 2
Compliance Current Event
due on the month.
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NCAA faces lawsuit from high school sports promoter The NCAA was hit with another lawsuit, this one from a high school sports promoter USAToday.com
A Lexington, Ky.-based high school sports promoter has sued the NCAA
The promter contends it was prevented at 11th hour from staging an event at Kentucky's Rupp Arena
The promoter since has gone out of business; others, including parents, lost money on this action An organizer for national high school basketball tournaments is suing the NCAA in federal court, accusing the governing body of committing fraud and antitrust violations in yet another legal challenge to its power in college athletics.
Inside this issue: Continued Current
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Event Compliance Tip #1 Compliance Tip #2
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Notes
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Ask Before
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You Act Recruiting Calendar
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Bleid Sports, which had organized and promoted the tournaments, said the NCAA pulled the rug out from under them at the 11th hour by determining they violated an NCAA rule designed to prevent universities from gaining unfair recruiting advantages by hosting practices or tournaments where prospective recruits compete. Bleid Sports, based out of Lexington, Ky., had set up tournaments at several college venues across the nation, including Kentucky, Louisville, Duke and UNLV. They featured teams with top recruits, and had attracted thousands of dollars in registration fees, sponsorship fees and ticket sales, according to the suit. But less than 48 hours before a scheduled tournament at Kentucky's Rupp Arena in November 2011, the NCAA ruled the tournaments violated bylaw 13.11.1.8, which went into effect in April 2011. It states that a school "shall not host, sponsor or conduct a nonscholastic basketball practice or competition in which men's basketball prospective student-athletes ... participate on its campus or at an off-campus facility regularly used by the institution for practice and/or competition by any of the institution's sport programs." Kentucky sought a waiver but was denied. The ruling forced that tournament to be moved to a high school venue and led to the cancellations of other tournaments even though Bleid said the NCAA previously indicated they were compliant with NCAA rules.
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"The NCAA had previously approved similar events held by Rob Blair, the CEO of Bleid Sports, in 2009 and 2010 at Rupp Arena, and has continued to allow a similar event in Michigan to occur," states the suit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Lexington Division. "The NCAA's arbitrary and inexplicable decision, which resulted in Bleid's events being barred from college arenas, has caused significant harm to Bleid, and Bleid is entitled to compensation for the damages it has suffered." Bleid went out of business, and others associated with the events also have claimed to have lost money because of the cancellations, including parents and schools who had paid entry fees and made travel plans. "NCAA members specifically adopted this rule because they felt nonscholastic events on campus -- or at an off-campus facility regularly used by the institutions' sports programs -- may provide a recruiting advantage," said Stacey Osburn, the NCAA's director of public and media relations. "The NCAA applies and interprets Association rules consistent with their intent. This rule is no different." The NCAA previously sent an advisory to several schools saying the tournaments weren't permissible because they weren't "scholastic" – a term the NCAA defined based on who was operating the event. According to the suit, Bleid Sports said that the NCAA previously said the event was "scholastic" and therefore permissible because it was approved by local and national high school associations.
Compliance Tip #1 Wheel Route is a senior in high school and will be signing a National Letter of Intent next month with Ocean State University (OSU) to play football. Wheel attends a private high school with a tuition cost of $12,000 a year. Wheel’s parents both work but have struggled to pay for his high school educational expenses. The coaches at OSU have offered to help Wheel get a loan to pay off the tuition bill. Is this permissible? No. NCAA Staff Interpretation- 10/22/97- Educational Loans to Prospects- states that the provisions of NCAA Bylaw 13.2.5 do not permit an institution to arrange a loan for a prospect for the purpose of paying off an educational debt (e.g., high-school tuition) incurred prior to initial, full-time collegiate enrollment. [Reference: 13.2.5 (loans to prospects)]
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Compliance Tip #2 Bank Shot is a prospective student-athlete that signed a National Letter of Intent (NLI) in November to play basketball at Ocean State University (OSU). Bank would like to make an unofficial visit to OSU's campus this weekend and go to a home men's basketball game. For purposes of this scenario- it is a dead period this weekend for the sport of basketball. The secret word is: Transcripts. Can Bank make an unofficial visit to campus and receive a complimentary admission to attend the basketball game? Yes. NCAA Bylaw 13.02.5.5.2 states that a prospective student-athlete is permitted to make an unofficial visit during a dead period beginning the calendar day after one of the following events occurs: (a) The prospective student-athlete signs a National Letter of Intent (NLI) or the institution's written offer of admission and/or financial aid; or (b) The institution receives a financial deposit in response to the institution's offer of admission.
Miscellaneous Notes
Please remember during JanTerm that if you are not in season you cannot have mandatory practice or workouts. If you are starting your season during JanTerm you need to wait until your start date to have practices and workouts.
If you have Midyear kids they need to complete all of their Compliance paperwork before practicing or competing.
If you would like for Fall PSAs to be reevaluated with their Fall 2012 grades added to the transcript evaluation, have an updated transcript sent to Compliance.
If you have PSA signing during this NLI period make sure you get their Eligibility Center number, transcripts, email, and fill out the proper forms to Compliance.
Ask Before You Act Remember if you have any Compliance Questions ASK BEFORE YOU ACT!
January 2012
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